SCOTTISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL

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Reference WMO/120546

Address:

Crown Square

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh

EH1 2YT

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Hall
Materials:
  • Paper Paper
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • 20th Century Wars
About the memorial: Located on the North side of Crown Square within the Castle. Keep going uphill until you get there.This must be regarded as one of the finest war memorials anywhere in the world both in terms of its setting and of the magnificence of the interior. Books of Remembrance are maintained for all Scottish regiments. Photography of any kind is forbidden within the memorial, therefore please see the Link to the SNWM website and also to see the Comment section for further information. Edinburgh Walk
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Entrance: TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN/ MEMORY OF SCOTS WHO FELL/ 1914/ 1918 Shrine, frieze, upper: THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD THERE SHALL NO EVIL HAPPEN TO THEM. THEY ARE IN PEACE Shrine, frieze, lower: OTHERS ALSO THERE ARE WHO PERISHED UNKNOWN; THEIR SACRIFICE IS NOT FORGOTTEN, AND THEIR NAMES, THOUGH LOST TO US, ARE WRITTEN IN THE BOOKS OF GOD East and West bays: Remember also the humble beasts that served and died.

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